An uplifting book recommendation please

How about the All Creatures Great and Small books by James Herriot? I re-read them during COVID, still found them very funny in parts.

Margaret Attwood Burning Questions is a book you can dip in and out of.

The funniest book I have ever read is The Moon's A Balloon by David Niven.
You might possibly be able to source a second hand copy.

Yes I agree a book of poetry would be great. Also perhaps short stories that can be picked up and put down and are not to heavy to read.

Next To Nature Ronald Blythe (Akenfield)
Reflections on a lifetime in the English countryside, each chapter set out as a month. Gentle and witty, and excellent for dipping in to.

Thanks for these excellent suggestions 👍

I find poetry very useful when concentration is difficult.
I recommend Spell Songs, if she likes illustrations. This link is to the main shop: www.thelostwords.org/shop/ (I think Lucky Girl has a connection) but the book is available elsewhere.
Or Brian Bilston's poetry is funny and engaging.

Another suggestion (I think mentioned in another post) is a familiar book such as any of the classics that you know she likes. I love comfort re-reads.

Hope is goes well.

Bill Bryson .Notes from a Small Island is funny and charming.
Marcia Willet's books are warm hearted without being cloying and the Shardlake books by CJ Sansom are wonderfully atmospheric if your friend likes Tudor history ( so much from that era on TV so we can easily 'picture' it)
Hope everything goes well for your friend.